SE Asia

The street food scene in Vietnam is Phenomonal. Better than any other country I have ever been to. Words can not explain how good and cheap this stuff is but I will try. Here’s a rundown of a few of the dishes and about what they should cost you. For clarification purposes anytime I mention greens […]

To follow up the ending from my last post and calm the nerves of those who are worried about me or my travel partner Mindy riding motorbikes around SE Asia while other travelers drop like swatted mosquitoes, I wanted to write this article quickly. (This is bad, but the injured guy just hobbled by me […]

The Cardinal Directions – Easy for some, difficult for others. In grade school most of us learn them with the word association of Never Eat Soggy Waffles or Never Eat Squishy Worms. The teachers point out that you always move clockwise, and every 90 degrees the direction changes, starting with North at 12 o’clock, East […]

The thing to do when you arrive in Chaing Mai, Thailand is to book a trek into the mountains (more like hills) to visit some local tribes, take in the natural beauty of the area, and ride an elephant! I was most excited about carrying my backpack into the hills and living the simple life; […]

The only thing missing from this fabulous journey was mounted 50 caliber guns and camouflage. The scenery is literally out of a Rambo movie but the boat is not small, fast, and stealth, its long, slow, and loud. Instead of scanning the banks of the river for enemies most people are chugging lao beer and […]

Every morning thousands of visitors enter the Angkor Wat temple for Sunrise. Eric and I followed the crowd, everyone with camera in hand, and it reminded me of walking into the entrance of Disney Land. There are actually hundreds of temples laid out here at these famous ruins north of Siem Reap, Cambodia and Angkor […]